Country size comparison
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Illinois is about 4.1 times smaller than Madagascar.
Madagascar is approximately 587,041 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 24.52% the size of Madagascar. Meanwhile, the population of Madagascar is ~28.2 million people (15.3 million fewer people live in Illinois).
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